Image of an eye-level landscape view of a waterfall with trees, boulders, and three lounging Union soldiers, in the foreground, near Gauley Bridge, Virginia (now West Virginia). This title is part of a set published as the Album of the Campaign of 1861 in West Virginia. Cincinnati : Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., 1862.
"Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Cincinnati."--text, bottom right margin.
"Sketched fr. nature & drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. of Color Guard Comp. G. 47th. Regt. O.V.-U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 42.55 x 32.7 cm (16 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
Gauley Bridge (W. Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Wilderness areas--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Gauley Bridge (W. Va.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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